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The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood

Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury

Breaking Point
Kristen Simmons

River of Stars
Guy Gavriel Kay

Across the Universe
Beth Revis

Do Androids Dream of Elec-
tric Sheep? by Philip K Dick

1984
George Orwell

Insurgent
Veronica Roth

Divergent
Veronica Roth

Brave New World
Aldous Huxley

Old Man's War
John Scalzi

Etiquette & Espionage
Gail Carriger

Rapture
Kameron Hurley

Blood's Pride
Evie Manieri

Warm Bodies
Isaac Marion

Natural History of Dragons
Marie Brennan

Ice Forged
Gail Z. Martin

Scoundrels
Timothy Zahn

Bitter Seeds
Ian Tregillis

Fragments
Dan Wells

Top Twenty Most Anticipated Novels of April 20...

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April Movie Releases: Evil Dead, Jurassic Park...

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Cover Battle: Which is the Best Cover of The B...

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January Movie Releases: A Haunted House, Mama, Hansel & Gretel, John Dies at the End

Written by Janea on Jan 10, 2013 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

We love books, and we love games, so of course we love movies, right? In the past ten years, speculative fiction movies have become huge...

The Dread (The Fallen Kings Cycle #2) by Gail Z. Martin

Written by Dan on Jan 9, 2013 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

The Dread by Gail Z. Martin, sequel to The Sworn, is the second book in The Fallen Kings Cycle and another example of the recent rise...

Top 20 Best Speculative Fiction Novels of 2012

Written by Stephan on Jan 7, 2013 \| 3 comments \| Forum Discussion

It’s that time of year again, the time when every book review site tells you what their favorite books of the year were. At The...

Katya’s World (Russalka Chronicles #1) by Jonathan L. Howard

Written by Rebecca on Jan 7, 2013 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Jonathan L. Howard, author of the humorous Faustian series Johannes Cabal, ventures into new waters with Katya’s World, the opening to a...

The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer #2) by Brent Weeks

Written by Stephan on Jan 5, 2013 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

If you’re familiar with my reviews, you probably suspect that epic fantasy is my favorite genre. I call myself a Wheel of Time...

The Red Knight (The Traitor Son Cycle #1) by Miles Cameron

Written by Ashik on Jan 4, 2013 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

The plot synopsis claims that leading a mercenary company takes “all the advantages of birth, training, and the luck of the devil to...

The Killing Moon (Dreamblood #1) by N.K. Jemisin

Written by Stephan on Jan 4, 2013 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

It will hopefully be obvious to anyone who has read the Inheritance trilogy—or read our reviews of The Hundred-Thousand Kingdoms, The...

Mockingbird (Miriam Black #2) by Chuck Wendig

Written by Ashik on Jan 3, 2013 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Blackbirds, Chuck Wendig’s fantastical first Miriam Black novel, opened with a scene that made my eyes go wide and then stick to the...

Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

Written by Rebecca on Jan 3, 2013 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Already an accomplished journalist and graphic novelist, G. Willow Wilson makes her novel writing debut with Alif the Unseen, an urban...

The Janus Affair (Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences #2) by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris

Written by Dan on Jan 2, 2013 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

The Janus Affair by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris is the second of a group of loosely connected stories in the Ministry of Peculiar...

The Drowned Cities (Ship Breaker #2) by Paolo Bacigalupi

Written by Aaron on Jan 2, 2013 \| One comment \| Forum Discussion

Although The Drowned Cities is marketed as a sequel to Ship Breaker, it can stand as a completely independent novel, with only one...

Ten Reasons Why 2013 Will be Epic!

Written by Stephan on Jan 1, 2013 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Happy new year to all of our readers! Last year was an amazing year, but that’s behind us now. Let’s make 2013 even better! I wish you...

Railsea by China Miéville

Written by Aaron on Dec 31, 2012 \| One comment \| Forum Discussion

China Miéville’s Railsea could be described as a retelling of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick—if the ships were trains and the whale was...

Fifty Fantasy and Science Fiction Novels to Look Forward to in 2013

Written by Stephan and Ashik on Dec 31, 2012 \| 11 comments \| Forum Discussion

I think we can all agree that 2012 was a pretty great year for fans of speculative fiction. Well, we’re here to tell you that 2013...

Announcing the Most Beautiful Cover of 2012!

Written by Stephan on Dec 31, 2012 \| 6 comments \| Forum Discussion

It was a long, bloody, and epic battle. Some were brutally slaughtered in the early rounds. Others fought valiantly, only to be bested near...

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